(electronic translation to English)
Brazilian territory could have unified zone

Was approved by the Senate a proposal that unifies the clock time throughout the Brazilian territory, based on the time of Brasilia.

Next week, the project leader of the PSDB's authors, Arthur Virgílio (AM), will vote for in character terminative by the Commission of Foreign Affairs and National Defense.

The defense argument for change is the change of time from one region to another country creates inconvenience for the integration of national economic space, causing damage to the activities carried out in most western portion of the country (Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Acre, Rondônia, Roraima e Amazonas).